Yellow Cab drives off with 9-8 win
By Alex Webbe

Yellow Cab (2-0) picked up its second consecutive win in the 2012 Sawgrass Challenge 12-goal Pro-Am at the International Polo Club Sunday morning with a 9-8 win over Goose Creek (1-1).

Juan Monteverde scored the first goal of the game from the field for Yellow Cab, but Cote Zegers converted a 40-yard penalty shot for Goose Greek and then added a second goal from the field.  Goose Creek left the field after the opening chukker of play with a 2-1 edge.

Jeffrey Garber opened the second period with a Yellow Cab goal to tie it up at 2-2, but Tano Vial put Goose Creek back on top, 3-2, with his first goal of the game. Monteverde closed out the scoring in the period to knot it up at 3-3.

Vial added another goal to the Goose Creek total in the third while Yellow Cab’s Pablo Spinacci converted a pair of penalty shots for goals and Monteverde scored his third goal of the game.  At the end of the first half, Yellow Cab was rolling with a 6-4 lead.

Spinacci scored the first goal of the second half as Yellow Cab extended its lead to three goals, 7-4.  Vial scored a goal from the field and converted another 40-yard penalty shot to cut the Yellow Cab lead to a single goal, 7-6.

Spinacci scored on a penalty shot in the fifth, 8-6, but goals from Vial and Zegers had it all even again at 8-8.  Spinacci scored the final goal of the chukker as Yellow Cab rolled off with a 9-8 advantage.

Both teams struggled to control the play in the final chukker with shots going wide of goal and clearing shots turning defense into offense.  The final horn sounded with no goals being scored in the final chukker as Yellow Cab recorded a 9-8 win.

Spinacci led the Yellow Cab attack with five goals.  Monteverde scored three times and Jeffrey Garber added a goal in the win.

Vial was credited with five goals for Goose Creek.  Zegers added three goals in a losing effort.

Obregon set the pace for Faraway with five goals.  Valerdi scored three times; Goodman added two goals and Daniels scored once.

MT. BRILLIANT 11, VILLA DEL LAGO 8

Undefeated Mt. Brilliant (3-0) took control early and never let go as it rang up an 11-8 win over Vila Del Lago (0-3) Sunday afternoon in Freebooters Classic play.

A cautious start had the score all even at 1-1 after the first chukker of play with Matias Obregon opening the scoring for Villa Del Lago and Brandon Phillips responding with a goal for Mt. Brilliant.

A four goal second period buried Villa Del Lago with Phillips adding two more goals and Bo Goodman and Juan Monteverde scoring single goals for a 5-2 advantage.  Villa Del Lago was held to a single score from Matias Obregon on a 40-yard penalty conversion.

Single goals from Phillips and Monteverde in the third were answered by three Villa Del Lago scores.  Jared Zenni scored his first goal of the game followed by goals from Matias Obregon and Marianito Obregon.  The first half ended with Mt. Brilliant riding a 7-5 lead over Villa Del Lago.

There were only two goals scored in fourth chukker action with Phillips converting a 60-yard penalty shot for a goal and Marianito Obregon scoring a goal from the field.  Mt. Brilliant maintained their two goal lead, 8-6.

Tommy Collingwood and Phillips scored single unanswered goals in the fifth chukker while Villa Del Lago struggled to find its offensive push.  The chukker ended with Mt. Brilliant extending their lead to four goals, 10-6.

Villa Del Lago added two more penalty goals in the sixth from Matias Obregon, but it was Mt. Brilliant prevailing 11-8.  Phillips scored the final goal on a penalty shot.

Phillips let the Mt. Brilliant team with seven goals.  Monteverde scored twice and Goodman and Collingwood added single goals.

Matias Obregon scored a team high five goals for Villa Del Lago.  Marianito Obregon added two goals and Jared Zenni scored one goal in the loss.